(March 10, 2014 at 12:47 pm)discipulus Wrote:(March 10, 2014 at 12:45 pm)pocaracas Wrote: I wouldn't have worded it like that...
I don't think people choose to believe in whatever... It looks more like they have no choice on the matter... they just believe.
After adequate instruction, they may either choose to dismiss anything that brings that belief into question, or come to the point where they no longer believe.
This too is incorrect. I am a moral free agent who possesses volitional capabilities. My choices regarding my beliefs are not compulsory, but voluntary.
Then you, my friend, are a rarity.
That'll teach me to use generic stuff too broadly...